Where exactly are you? I live in Massachusetts and at least twice a year we go to Maine for a long weekend of quilting. We go on Thursday and come back on Sunday. While there we visit at least three quilting shops. We go to Mardens which is similar to Ocean State Job Lot but has lots of fabric.We spend the whole weekend quilting,shopping and eating. Our is not an official group but a bunch of rag tag (LOL) women who meet once a week to quilt,knit etc but mostly quilting. No agenda .